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 The
National, now officially known as CBC
News: The National, is the CBC's flagship national television
newscast.
THENATIONAL reports on major Canadian
and international news stories, airing on CBC Television weeknights at 10:00
p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. NT).
The
program generally follows a format of news
headlines for the first 20 minutes followed by a magazine segment
that may include documentaries, feature reports and/or panel discussions.
The first commercial interruption usually comes about 20 minutes into the
program. In exceptional news circumstances, the regular format may be
waived.
CBC owned-and-operated stations used to repeat the news headline
portion of The National at 11:00 p.m.; this practice ended in October 2006,
when repeats of CBC News: The Hour began airing in that timeslot. Private
affiliates of the CBC did not broadcast the 11 p.m. airing. Additional
airings, on CBC Newsworld, are at 9:00 p.m. (the initial version that airs
live to Atlantic Canada on the main network), 12:00 midnight, and 5:00 a.m.,
all times ET. Until August 2005, The National was also seen in the United
States on the defunct Newsworld International channel.
The National and other CBC newscasts (including its "supper hour" national
and local newscast) are streamed on the CBC website.
In the fall of 2007, The National became the first main newscast in Canada
to be broadcast in HDTV.
Other personalities who have anchored The National as weekend or substitute
anchors include Alison Smith, Wendy Mesley, Diana Swain, Carole MacNeil,
Mark Kelley, Brian Stewart, Ian Hanomansing and Heather Hiscox.
In the fall of 2001 the presentation of
The National was updated along with the corporate redesign of the entire
network to have one consistent branding. The New York design firm Razorfish
designed the look of this and other network programs. The logo used the
typeface Frutiger in upper case.
In late 2004 or early 2005, several graphics were modified, featuring more
blue, less beige, and a slightly modified logo (with bolder type for "The
National"). These changes were only implemented in selected sequences,
sometimes leading to confusion - i.e. the older set of graphics was used at
the start of the newscast's opening, and the new set was used at the end of
the open.
The opening sequence started with the CBC News ID which flowed into the main
graphic sequence, followed by Mansbridge or the fill-in anchor saying
"Tonight ..." followed by a verbal listing of the main headlines and
accompanying video and graphics. The title sequence would then continue, and
cut to an aerial view of Toronto (new shot every Monday which then ran the
entire week) and a Lisa Dalbello announcing up and under the theme saying
"The National; from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, here is Peter
Mansbridge."
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